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Subject: Position Announcement - Data Services Librarian
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:47:35 -0500
From: Marcy Allen <[log in to unmask]>
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CC: Marcy Allen <[log in to unmask]>
Below, I've cut and pasted our position announcement for a Data Services
Librarian. The position will be based in our Government and Legal
Information Unit. If you have any questions about this job or WIU you can
contact me at [log in to unmask] or Chuck Malone at [log in to unmask]
The announcement can also be viewed at:
http://www.wiu.edu/employment/emp.sphp?id=456
Marcy M. Allen, Coordinator
Government and Legal Information Unit
University Libraries
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
Position Announcement
February 09, 2007
APPOINTMENT: Negotiable.
QUALIFICATIONS: ALA-accredited masterâs degree. A sixth-year specialist
degree in librarianship or an advanced/professional degree must be completed
within one year of initial appointment. Public service experience. Excellent
oral and written communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Demonstrated experience with using spatial and
numeric data sets and with analytical data and software packages, such as
GIS, SAS and/or SPSS. Demonstrated experience providing reference and
bibliographic instruction in an academic library and with appropriate
technologies to provide interdisciplinary data information support.
RESPONSIBILITIES: As part of WIU Librariesâ transformation into a digital
information commons the Data Services Librarian plans, develops, and
delivers spatial and numeric data resources and services across the
university. The Data Services Librarian is responsible for the continued
development of the Library GIS/map services. Working closely with library
colleagues the Data Services Librarian participates in the selection,
organization, and delivery of data collections and supports the development
of undergraduate and graduate statistical literacy skills through reference
and instruction. Other responsibilities include: serves as liaison to
academic departments and extension services such as the Illinois Institute
for Rural Affairs and Kibbe Life Science Station; works collaboratively with
the Government Documents Librarian to assure access to state, federal, and
international government information data resources; participates in
departmental and library planning; and serves on library-wide and University
committees, task forces, and teams.
RANK & SALARY: 12 month, tenure-track position, with a minimum annual salary
of $ 62,338 as an assistant professor. Western Illinois University offers a
competitive benefits package that includes domestic partner benefits. For
full benefit information visit http://www.wiu.edu/hr/benefits.shtml WIU
Faculty are members of an AFT-affiliated collective bargaining campus.
THE DEPARTMENT:WIU Libraries is undergoing a transformation of its services
and facilities with its migration toward digital resources and services. WIU
Libraries employs 16 faculty and 42 civil service staff in the Leslie F.
Malpass Library, 3 on-campus branch libraries and one at the WIU-Quad Cities
campus. The Libraries collection includes over 1,000,000 catalogued volumes,
approximately 2,000 periodical print subscriptions, access to over 25,000
full-text journals, 300,000 maps and substantial government documents,
microforms, and non-book materials. The annual budget is 4.5 million.
THE UNIVERSITY: Recognized as one of the "Best in the Midwest Colleges" by
The Princeton Review and selected as one of just 24 public universities
ranked a Tier 1 Midwestern Masters Institution by U.S. News and World
Report, Western Illinois University serves 13,400 students in the heart of
the Midwest through its traditional, residential, four-year campus in
Macomb, IL and its upper division, urban, commuter location in the Quad
Cities/Moline.
WIU's friendly, accessible, nurturing campus communities are dedicated to
higher values in higher education and are comprised of strong faculty, state
of the art technology and facilities, and a wide range of academic and
extracurricular opportunities for students and staff. The four core values
at the heart of WIU are academic excellence, educational opportunity,
personal growth, and social responsibility. WIU's GradTrac and Cost
Guarantee programs ensure that students can achieve their degrees within
four years while paying a fixed rate for tuition, fees, plus room and board.
WIU remains the only university in Illinois to guarantee the cost for
tuition plus fees and room and board over a four-year period at both the
undergraduate and graduate level.
WIU is a comprehensive, public university offering 55 undergraduate degree
programs, 35 graduate degree programs and a doctorate degree. With a student
to faculty ratio of 17:1, WIU's 615 full-time faculty teach 95 percent of
all undergraduate as well as graduate courses in addition to 13
pre-professional degree programs and 10 certificate programs. WIU is
accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North
Central Association. Western Illinois University is a member of the NCAA and
competes at the Division I level. The Leslie F. Malpass Library ranks among
the finest at comprehensive universities in the United States.
WIU is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the
North Central Association.
APPLICATION: Applicants should send letter of application, current
curriculum vita, copies of transcripts (official transcripts will be
required of interviewees), and contact information (including email
addresses) of three professional references. Reply to: Mary Day, Western
Illinois University Libraries, Western Illinois University; 1 University
Circle; Macomb, IL 61455-1390.
Screening of applicants will begin on April 2, 2007 and continue until the
position is filled.
Western Illinois University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity. In that
spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a
broad spectrum of people, including, but not limited to, minorities, women,
and individuals with disabilities. Western Illinois University has a
non-discrimination policy that includes sex, race, color, sexual
orientation, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or
veteran status.
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